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What is General Knowledge?

The public knowledge communicated by a range of non-specialist masses encompassing a wide subject range. General erudition: knowledge of many things.


What does General Knowledge talk about?

Knowledge about anything, anyone, anyplace in the universe. General acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability.


Why is General Knowledge Needed?

There are studies that found General Knowledge can predict exam results. The study examined personality predictors &cognitive ability in student's exam performance which found General knowledge was positively related with overall exam results.


Where we need General Knowledge?

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  • Railway Examinations
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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Elated

A) Inspired B) Cheered
C) Disheartened D) Encouraged
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Disheartened

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Which of the following is not an autoimmune disease?

A) Vitiligo B) Alzheimer's
C) Rheumatoid arthritis D) Psoriasis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Alzheimer's

Explanation:

Auto-immune disease :: Sometimes, due to genetic and other unknown reasons, the body attack self-cells. This results in damage to the body and is called auto-immune disease.

 

From the options,

-> Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder in which antibodies are produced against the synovial membrane and cartilage.

-> Vitiligo causes white patches on skin also characterised as autoimmune disorder.

-> Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes itchy or sore patches of thick red skin and is also autoimmune.

-> Alzheimer's disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease. Alzheimer's disease is due to deficiency of neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

 

Hence, Alzheimer's is not the auto-immune disease.

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Who was the viceroy at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

A) Lord Curzon B) Lord Ripon
C) Lord Chelmsford D) Lord Canning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Chelmsford

Explanation:

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on 13th April 1919. About 380 people were died and 1200 were wounded in the massacre.

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Q:

Which of the following uses a nonrenewable energy source to make electricity?

A) power plant B) wind mill
C) swimming pool D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) power plant

Explanation:

From the given options, a power plant uses a nonrenewable energy source to make electricity. A power plant uses coal for making power production.

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 In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) Surgent B) Sergant
C) Sergeant D) Sergent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sergeant

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) Glamerous B) Glamrous
C) Glamorous D) Gleamorous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Glamorous

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.
To accept the gauntlet

A) To accept challenge B) To accept defeat
C) To accept what is written in fate D) To be able to grasp the hidden meaning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To accept challenge

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Soap bubble attains spherical shape due to ______.

A) inertia B) pressure
C) surface tension D) Viscosity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) surface tension

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